There are two major types of reading methods. They are:
1. Phonics and
2. Whole word method
1. Phonics is considered the best teaching method due to its simplicity and flexibility. It is a student centered method of teaching reading. The children learn the letter names and their sound simultaneously. Then learn to blend the sound of the letters to form words. Children don't depend heavily on teachers and mostly pronounce words that they haven't seen before when reading.
2. Whole word method is another way of teaching children to read. Children do lot of memorization with this method and they do rely heavily on teachers to assist them. There are two way approach to this method. The first approach is by reading interesting stories to children, as the child read the stories over and over again they get familiar with the words used in the stories. The second approach is by treating the words in the stories before reading.
Some children do fine with the whole word reading method while others find it difficult, because it is not all children that have the ability of memorizing so many words in order to make them to be able to read given books.
ReplyDeletePhonics on the other hand does not require so much memorization of words. Children develop great reading ability when taught to read with phonics. It is nine times easier for someone taught with phonics to pronounce words than someone taught using whole word method.